Improved potato-slicer



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Potato Slicer'.'

Patented Aug. 25, 1868.

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Specication forming part of Letters Patent N o. 81,570, dated August 25,1868;

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. KING, of the town of Gallatin, in thecounty of Sumner and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and usefulMachine for Slicing Potatoes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation;Fig. 2, a section 5 Fig. 3, a plane. A The nature of my inventionconsists in so operating, by means of crank-shaft and pitman-rods, as toallow of its travelingV in parallel grooves, a gate-frame, when the sameis provided with cutting and gage plates, so adjusted and arranged as toinsure the slicing of the potato or other vegetable into pieces ofimiform thickness.

My invention also consists in so securing to a feed-table, by means ofblocks arranged on the under side of the same, a face-plate or strip, soarranged that an opening sufficiently wide is left between the edge ofthe table and' the plate for the entrance of the knife as it falls. Thusit will be observed, as it were, a

Adouble bearing is afforded the potato, between which bearings the bladepasses in its operation, thus not only insuring a clean cut,77 but alsorendering it impossible for the slice to adhere to the blade, or in anymanner to clog the machine, but compelling the slices to fall outside ofthe blade into a troughy or other suitable vessel placed for theirreception.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is the frame, and is constructed of wood, and consists of fouruprights, connected by means of upper and central cross-ties, and thewhole secured by means of mortise and tenon in suitable sills c a. Al Aare two sashframes, and are firmly secured by means of screws or otherequivalent device to the sills a al and central cross-ties a c. H is-afeed board or table, and fits between oneof the central end cross-tiesand the sash-frames A A', and is secured by means of screws on the underside of the crossties a a', and is so formed that its front edgeprojects a short distance along the surface of the sash-frames, and isprovided with a steel plate, b, to prevent wear. On the under side ofthe table H are secured, by means of screws, two blocks, h h. Theseblocks proj ect a short distance beyond the outer edge of the table, andhave secured to their heads a face plate or board, h. vThis vboard is soarranged in connection with the table as to leave an opening a littlewider than the thickness of the knife-blade. The thickness of this boardis such as to allow of its`passing between the knife and gage-plate,while its upper edge is on a line with the surface of the table.

E is the gate-frame, to which are attached, by screws or otherequivalent device, the cutting-blade or knife F and the gage-plate orboard G. The knife and gage-plate are so arranged in the frame that thedistance between the two shall be the desired width of the slices intowhich the potatoes or other vegetables are to be cut. In the uprights ofthe gate frame E are circular openings c e, into which enter the knobs dd of the pitman-rods D D. The upper ends ofthe pitman-rods are slotted,by means of which, in connection with blocks and bearing-pins, it isrmly secured to the crank-shaft B. The crank-shaft B has its bearings inthe upper cross-tie of the vframe A, and is retained in proper positionby means of the shaft-boxes I l. J is the crank, and K the handle.

A fly-wheel, G, may be attached to the machine, in order to equalize itsmovement or increase its power, should the same be deemed desirable ornecessary.

machine to be in the position in Fig. 2; ,i By turning the crank J thegate-frame is elevated, and the gage-board is brought directly againstthe plate h. The potatoes are then fed tothe machine, stopping againstthe surface of the gage-board. Thus it will be observed that the potatorests on both the table and the upper edge of the plate h. The knife, indescending, passes into the opening between the table and plate, cuttinga slice equal in width to the distance between the opening and thegage-plate. The slice thus cut will be scraped The operation is asfollows: Suppose the from the knife by the plate h, and, falling onvided witha knife, F, and gage-plate G, and the incline g of the boardG, will pass tothe is'used in combination with the table H, andy troughor box below. the Whole is so constructed and arranged as to Having thusfully described my invention, operate substantially as described.

what I claim therein as new, and desire to se- CHARLES B. K1N G.

eure by Letters Patent of the United States,` Witnesses:

is-' WILLIAM S. MUNDAY,

The gate-frame E, when the same is pro- CULLEN E. DOUGLASS.

